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Three narratives describing the expeditions made by early Spanish explorers between 1528 and 1543 of a portion of the country that eventually became part of the United States. These accounts include:

Alvar Nuñez Cabeca de Vaca, edited by Frederick W. Hodge (1528-1538 - about an expedition led by Panfilo de Narvaez and the men who ultimately made it from Florida to California -- Alva Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, a Negro called Estévan, and three friars of the order of Saint Francis);

Hernando de Soto by The Gentleman of Elvas and edited by Theodore H. Lewis; and

Francisco Vazquez Coronado by Pedro de Castañeda and edited by Frederick W. Hodge.